1. Où parle-t-on français?

3. French is the official language of: Bénin Burkina Faso Central African Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Republic of Congo Côte d’Ivoire Gabon Guinea Luxembourg Mali Monaco Niger Sénégal Togo

4. French is also the official language of France’s overseas territories: French Guyana Guadeloupe Martinique La Réunion French Polynesia Mayotte New Caledonia St. Pierre et Miquelon Wallis et Futuna French southern and Antarctic lands

5. French is also the official language of certain regions of multilingual countries: Belgium: Wallonie region Canada: Québec province Switzerland: Jura, Genève, Neuchâtel and Vaud districts

6. French is one of the official languages of: Belgium Burundi Cameroon Canada Chad Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey) Comoros Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Haiti (other official language is French Creole) Madagascar Rwanda Seychelles Switzerland Vanuatu

7. French plays an important role, either as an administrative, commercial, or international language or simply has a significant French-speaking population: AlgeriaLaos AndorraLebanon ArgentinaMauritania BrazilMauritius CambodiaMorocco Cape VerdePoland Dominica (French patois)Saint Lucia EgyptSyria GreeceTrinidad and Tobago Grenada (French patois)Tunisia Guinea-BissauUS (Louisiana, New England) IndiaVatican City Italy (Valle d’Aosta)Vietnam

8. French is one of the official working languages in the following international organizations: (There are many more.) Organization (# official languages) A frican Union (AU) (5) Amnesty International (4) Council of Europe (2) European Commission (3) Interpol (4) International Criminal Court (2) International Olympic Committee (2) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (2) International Red Cross and Red Crescent (3) Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) (1) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (3) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (2) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2) United Nations (UN) (6) World Health Organization (WHO) (6) World Trade Organization (WTO) (3)

9. NORTH AMERICA CanadaLouisiana

10. Islands Haiti Martinique Guadeloupe TahitiNew Caledonia

11. France Belgium Luxembourg Monaco Switzerland

12. South AmericaAsia French Guiana Vietnam Laos Cambodia

13. Algeria Bénin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Congo Ivory Coast Djibouti Gabon Guinea Madagascar Mali Morocco Mauritania Niger Central AfricanZaire Rwanda Republic Sénégal Tchad Togo Tunisia Réunion

14. Sources: http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/ss/whatisfrench.htm http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/hintz/webquest2/sdhindex.html http://nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_languages.htm https://ah-bon-french.wikispaces.com/file/view/Why+Learn+French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIGzg2ehdyk